Sylviculture et activité collective longitudinale : un premier repérage

Abstract

We examine the case of forestry and show the reality of multigenerational forest management. This activity takes two forms: that of distributed work and that of cooperative longitudinal activity. In the case of distributed work, foresters apply working rules, which may or may not be explicit, collectively developed by and throughout History. In the case of cooperative activity, foresters use their knowledge of how the forest functions to optimize the future working situation and thus facilitate the work of their successors. In this case, cooperative work is based on a pragmatic and shared conception of a trajectory. This conception is developed through a form of controversy shaped by historical documents which have become intermediary objects.

Keywords

• forestry
• work collective
• collective work
• trajectory